STUDIES OF CYCLOPIDAE THAT ARE INTERMEDIATE HOSTS OF FISH IN RESERVOIRS OF THE SOUTHERN ARAL SEA

The article presents the results of hydrobiological studies of Cyclopidae crustaceans that are intermediate hosts of parasitic helminths - cestodes and nematodes of fish, waterfowl and mammals, including such a common human and animal pathogen in the recent past in Central Asia as guinea worm -Dranunculus medinensis. There is extensive information, larvae of 6 species of cestodes were found in cyclops and infection with larvae of the fish parasite Botriocephalus acheilognathi was noted.